paspalho
Portuguese, noun/pasˈpa.ʎu/
paspalho is spelled P-A-S-P-A-L-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paspalho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a fool, a stupid person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa tola”.
What does paspalho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea fool, a stupid person
- 2
masculinea pretentious and vain person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o mesmo que paspalhão, que diz ou que faz bobeiras
noun: 1. pessoa tola 2. espantalho
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of paspalho
- paspalhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paspalho?
- Brazil /pasˈpa.ʎu/
- /paʃˈpa.ʎu/
- Portugal /pɐʃˈpa.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paspalho in Portuguese?
paspalho appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).